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Fires & bushfires, 1949

2,429 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 122

Radio Play Panics a City Mob Fires Building

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 2

NEW YORK, Mon.--Mobs screaming "Down with radio" stormed Quito (Ecuador) radio station yesterday when a broadcast describing an…

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Spectacular Blaze In Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Fire destroyed the General Tyre and Rubber Company's premises in…

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Porter beat fire hazard

The Sun · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Wednesday. -- With flames from a blazing railcar at his back, a railway porter, S. M. Mitchell, levered…

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Fire in Lithgow Post Office

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 4

LITHGOW, Tuesday.—Fire gutted the rear part of Lithgow post-office early this morning. Firemen saved equipment…

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New Fire Station for Granville

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 2

Fire Board member Alderman L. E. Duff told Parramatta City Council last meeting that it was planned to build a new…

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Invisible Scarlet O'neil for Fire Only

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 15

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Invisible Scarlet O'neil for Fire Only

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 15

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Invisible Scarlet O'neil for Fire Only

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 15

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Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 15

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Invisible Scarlet O'neil for Fire Only

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 15

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Invisible Scarlet O'neil for Fire Only

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 15

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Repairing St. Paul's Cathedral. Architect Fire-Watchers

Construction · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 7

In a recent issue of the R.I.B.A. Journal (December, 1948) an article showing the damage occasioned to St. Paul's, London, as a result of the bombing, and the measures that are being…

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Invisible Scarlet O'neil for Fire Only

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 15

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Invisible Scarlet O'neil for Fire Only

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 15

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Fire Engine Exempt

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 24

SAVANNAH (Georgia).--It's --your tough luck if you tangle with a fire engine, city court ruled in voiding Bell…

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Fire Engine Exempt

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 24

SAVANNAH (Georgia).--It's your tough luck if you tangle with a fire engine, city court ruled in voiding Bell…

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Fire Engine Exempt

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 24

SAVANNAH (Georgia).--It's your tough luck if you tangle with a fire engine, city court ruled in voiding Bell…

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Fire Engine Exempt

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 24

SAVANNAH (Georgia).--It's your tough luck if you tangle with a fire engine, city court ruled in voiding Bell…

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Fire Engine Exempt

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 24

SAVANNAH (Georgia).--It's your tough luck if you tangle with a fire engine, city court ruled in voiding Bell…

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